Shelby Harris of Newport News recently completed a memorable first season on the University of Mary Washington's women's tennis team.

The freshman joined Lindsay Raulston of Courtland in becoming one of three tandems to share the No. 10 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III ranking in women's doubles. In the tough Atlantic South region, Harris and Raulston were No. 4.

They played the top spot all season for the Eagles, who finished the year at No. 20 in D-III. (Raulston was sixth nationally and second regionally in singles, while Harris was 14th regionally in singles.)

Harris finished the year 20-6 in singles, including an 18-5 mark in dual competition -- 13-5 at the No. 2 spot. In the fall season, she won a pair of matches to reach the round of 16 in the ITA Atlantic South Regional on Mary Washington's courts.

In doubles, Harris and Raulston were 15-4, all at No. 1. Harris was 3-1 with Mackenzie Smith, including a 2-1 mark in the fall tournament.

UMW finished its 20-5 season with a flourish, winning eight consecutive matches -- including a 5-0 NCAA tournament victory against Saint Vincent -- before dropping a 5-4 thriller in the NCAA round of 32 to Carnegie Mellon, a team that defeated the Eagles 8-1 in the regular season. Harris won both of her contests in the second Carnegie Mellon match and also helped the Eagles finish the regular season with a 5-4 victory over Washington and Lee, one of their traditional nemeses.

UMW qualified for the NCAA by winning the Capital Athletic Conference tournament for the 10th consecutive time and 21st time in the league's 23 years, defeating Salisbury 8-1 in the championship match.

Harris, a strong, mature baseliner who has excellent down-the-line strokes, graduated from Hampton Roads Academy after helping the Navigators win three Virginia Independent Schools Division II championships in her six years on the squad.

She was a consistent Daily Press All-Star. When Harris committed to Mary Washington, she said she wanted to become an All-American with the Eagles. By meeting the top-10 cutoff in doubles, though she and Raulston were not selected among the 16 tandems for the NCAA doubles bracket, Harris earned that goal in her first year.

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